Sentence examples for encourage settlement from inspiring English sources

In 1962 a program was enacted to encourage settlement of new land, but only about 1,000 families were settled.

Typically, the agency warns parties before a formal complaint is filed to encourage settlement of the dispute.

On this, the record is patchy indeed.Begin with mining subsidies, basically unchanged since 1872, when Congress wanted to encourage settlement of the West.

Some two-thirds of those acres were eventually disposed — transferred to state and private hands in order to raise money and encourage settlement.

Known as the Franches Montagnes (French: "Free Mountains"), a name acquired in 1384 when the bishop of Basel freed the inhabitants from taxation to encourage settlement of the remote area, this tableland is characterized by mixed agriculture and dairying.

And the fact of subsidies from the government and a rich, anonymous benefactor (who will hold their mortgage to encourage settlement in the disputed territories of Judea) makes it all the more affordable.

Big auction houses, such as Christies and Sotheby's, research the provenance of every work and encourage settlements.

Mr Weisglass said it had been agreed between Mr Sharon, himself, Mr Abrams and another US official, Stephen Hadley, that settlement growth could continue provided it did not involve new settlements, that no further "Palestinian land" would be expropriated, that expansion would be within the "existing construction line" and that public funds would not be used to encourage settlements.

Half the clubs were encouraging settlement.

Notable growth began with the new territorial governor, Lewis Cass, who actively encouraged settlement and promoted development.

The Protestant missionaries encouraged settlement of the region by European Americans, thinking it would help in their attempts to "civilize" native peoples.